Hours This Week

RBSC Reading Room

Hours of Operation

Term 2 of Winter Session 2023/24 (Jan. – Apr., 2024)

Monday-Friday

10:00 am-2:00 pm

Closed on weekends and the following statutory holidays: Monday, February 19; Friday, March 29; Monday, April 1; Thursday, April 18-Friday, April 19

We recommend that you request materials in advance to make your visit more efficient and to ensure materials are available.

The Rare Books and Special Collections and University Archives Reading Room has been temporarily relocated to Irving K. Barber Learning Centre room 142 due to upgrades.

source: https://wiki.ubc.ca/Library:RBSC_Hours

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
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Research and learning

Honouring Labour Day at RBSC

Honouring Labour Day at RBSC

By cshriver on August 31, 2018

Guest blogger Claire Williams highlights RBSC’s archival materials on the labour movement.

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150 Years of Forestry in B.C.

150 Years of Forestry in B.C.

By cshriver on August 30, 2018

Join RBSC for a new student-curated exhibition: 150 Years of Forestry in British Columbia

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And there’s the humor of it…

And there’s the humor of it…

By cshriver on June 6, 2018

Join RBSC and Woodward Library for the new exhibition: “And there’s the humor of it”: Shakespeare and the Four Humors.

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Student project: The Works of Ambroise Paré

Student project: The Works of Ambroise Paré

By cshriver on June 6, 2018

Explore student projects using RBSC materials from this past semester!

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New acquisition of WWII Japanese Canadian letters

New acquisition of WWII Japanese Canadian letters

By cshriver on April 26, 2018

The letters provide unique insight into the devastating effects of the Japanese Canadian internment during World War II.

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Student project: Shakespeare’s second folio

Student project: Shakespeare’s second folio

By cshriver on April 20, 2018

Explore student projects using RBSC materials from this past semester!

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Image from Wither's Emblemes

Student project: Wither’s “Emblemes”

By cshriver on April 11, 2018

Explore student projects using RBSC materials from this past semester!

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Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs

By cshriver on November 8, 2017

Library student Ashlynn Prasad talks about curating an exhibition featuring the Uno Langmann Family Collection of B.C. Photographs.

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Celebrating the Colbeck Collection

Celebrating the Colbeck Collection

By cshriver on September 27, 2017

Join us for a symposium to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Library’s acquisition of the Norman Colbeck Collection.

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Double Exposure: Missionary Photographs of Meiji-Taisho Japan

Double Exposure: Missionary Photographs of Meiji-Taisho Japan

By cshriver on March 27, 2017

Join us for “Double Exposure Japan-Canada: Missionary Photographs of Meiji-Taisho Japan,” an exhibition curated by Professor Allen Hockley and Naoko Kato, Japanese Language Librarian.

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